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Gift at death of fuller's equipment from a mother to her two sons TM 20898Oxyrhynchos12. Dez. 353

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A deed of gift taking effect at death, in which Aurelia Ammonia alias Zois of Oxyrhynchus gives her fuller's tools and equipment jointly to her sons Paulus and Dionysios, keeping use of them during her lifetime. She does so in gratitude to Dionysios, who stayed with her and worked as a fuller after his father's death. Dated 12 December 353.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our masters Constantius Augustus for the 6th time and Constantius the most illustrious Caesar for the 2nd time, Choiak 16. Aurelia Ammonia also called Zois, daughter of Hermon, from the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, acting by right of children, to my children Aurelius Paulus and Aurelius Dionysios, both by my late husband Her[…], greetings. Since you, Dionysios, for a long time since the death of your father have remained with me your mother, working at the craft of fulling and not abandoning me your mother, in gratitude I acknowledge that I have made over to you both, my children, jointly in equal shares, everything that I acquired and gained from my own labours, fuller's tools and pebbles (?) and the other things belonging to this craft, on condition that they remain under my control for as long as I live, and after my death you two, Paulus and Dionysios, shall own them, together with your descendants and those who will succeed you, and have the power to use, manage and administer them without hindrance, the guarantee of ownership being my responsibility, with every guarantee against anyone who brings a claim […] and having been asked the formal question I acknowledged […] […]

"By right of children" (ius liberorum) allowed a woman with enough children to act without a male guardian. The word rendered "pebbles" (psepheia) is uncertain; it may refer to stones used in the fulling process.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Schenkung auf den Todesfall). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 12. Dez. 353 · Oxyrhynchos

ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίου Αὐγούστου τὸ ϛ καὶ Κωνσταντίου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ β Χοιὰκ ιϛ Αὐρηλία Ἀμμωνία ἡ καὶ Ζωὶς Ἕρμονος ἀπὸ τῆς λαμπρᾶςκαὶλαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλεως χρηματίζουσα τέκνων δικαίῳ τοῖς ἐμοῦ τέκνοις Αὐρηλίοις Παύλῳ καὶ Διονυσίῳ ἀμφοτέροις…